Given the current cost of housing, a value that was decided back in 2006 is INSANELY out of date. Even something done in 2016 would be miles out of kilter with current affordability…
Applicants for public housing in Queensland are assessed against an eligibility test, which includes a limit on how much money they earn.
For a single person, the limit is set at $609 per week before tax, while the gross income that a couple with two children can earn is capped at $999 per week – or less than $52,000 per year.
The state government has confirmed the last time the income limits were reviewed was in 2006, when the Beattie government was still in power.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The Queensland government has ordered a review of the income limits that apply to social housing residents with the thresholds unchanged since the mid-2000s.
Applicants for public housing in Queensland are assessed against an eligibility test, which includes a limit on how much money they earn.
Housing Minister Meaghan Scanlon has told ABC Radio Brisbane that a new review into the limits will now be commissioned.
She said it would form part of her department’s response to a report from the Queensland Audit Office, which made a series of recommendations about social housing.
“In addition to social housing, we also continue to provide rental grants and subsidies, as well as bond loans to help families and people maintain private tenancy.”
Queensland Council of Social Service chief executive Aimee McVeigh said the review was a “positive” decision.
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